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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-08
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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-08

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iscursblo, but It has yielded to the curative propcsI
ties 81 SwIyv's SrEcTr1c-now known all over ,the
world 81 8. 8. 8. Mrs. Bailey, OF Weat Someryilio,
Nass., near Boston, was attacked several years AGO
With this hideous black eruption, and was treated 81
the bsst medical talent, who could only say that tn
disease was 4 species Of
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vhnsh ls seToflioHs Disease Of SAs fhnxs,
g promptly and eertain1y arrested end earfsf. IN
this God-givcn fSmedys Il taken before the Ess
stAges OF the disease are reached. From fes wonS
uerful power over this terribly faSd disease when
public, Dr. PrERcE thought Seriously Of calling 4
bis Consumption Cure" but abandoned
that name az too limited for medicine which.
from its wonderful combinatf6a % tonic an
strengthening alternative or blood-eaenrsang. axsI.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-08
HISTORY OF HANGING.
FROM TREE TO MODERN GALLONS.
The Gibbet the Earliest Form of the Gal
lows-The First Use of the Drop
Hangman's Day.

Fearful gallows Dread yet merciful
symbol of death. The simple upright
and cross-beam, with its dangling moose,
has replaced the fagots and the stake,
the scaffold, with block and ak. De-
scended from the gibbet block against
the moor, or more anciently from the
trees dangling with corpses around the
walls of Plessisles-Tours, and the En-
glish oaks that bore human fruit at the
will of every petty Baron, it has become
the only instrument for inflicting the
death penalty in the United States.
That creation of the French Revolu-
tion,. the guillotine, (which falls in its
grooves like the ram of pile-engine,
swiftly shutting out the light of men,
has reached perfection among the
French only equaled by hanging in
America. After centuries of practice
this business of hanging has become
to be thoroughly understood. Advan-
tage has been taken over ruder genera
tons in the adjustment of the moose, the
scientific involution of the knot; in fact,
perfection has been reached in the de-
partment of hanging considered as fine
art. As Mr.. Lincoln said of we'll
known picture: 1T is done as well as
you can do it.
The earliest form of the gallows was
undoubtedly stout tree and conven-
lent limb, and, though science has in
vaded the realm of this subject and made
improvements, the tree and the limb
have retained their popularity from the
hanging of All by Joshua, as recorded in
Holy Writ, down to the present time In
Arizona and Montana convenient tele-
graph pole is very frequently used how
ever, in its stead. 1t will be remember
ed, also, that the kissing traitor, Judas,
chose an elder tree to make his exit
from.
1t is found from Martinius, the learned
etymologist, that the gallows, or form
of it, the gibbet, was not unknown to
the Greeks. This mark of the grossest
infamy which can be inflicted on q
criminal was used and known to the En-
glish in the thirteenth century, who
probably had it from the French. 1t is
recorded by a French historian in 1919
that Knight who had been judicially
condemned and ignominiously put to
death was hung on gibbet after the
breath had left his body. The same his
tOrian also records of two criminals that
one after he was dead was hung upon a
gibbet, and the other was gibbeted alive,
to perish by pain and hunger. 1t would
seem from this that the first uGe of the
primitive gallows was to exhibit a dead
body as permanent spectacle of terror.
1t will also be noted that death was not
to result by the mere simple act of sus-
pension, but more lingering kind of
death. The first gibbet used in England
whereon to expose criminals was in the
reign of Henry iii. Formerly male
factors stood in cart under the gallows
with a rope round their necks until the
signal was given; the cart was driven
away and the criminal left hanging. The
first to be executed by the drop was
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-08

morning Just I'm time 20 catch him winklng
at her, and the milk was all running over on
the floor. The worst Of II was Charlotte
was winking back; you'd have thought her
left eye-lid was galyanised. Keep still,
Spotty."
Charlotte bangs the oyen-door.
you mightgve astarying wretch a raisin
once In while, Kit Did YOU ever hear the
interesting tale, Charlotte, concerning your
namesake and-a fellow by the name Of
Mr.-Mr.-By links, I've forgotten his other
nameT'
you mean, Werther, Johnny. Don't
tease Charlotte, and don't eat another one
of those raisins."
About all sisters are for Is 10 say DON'T"
grumbled Johnny. This here Charlotte I'm
telling you about was married, and Werther,
he didn't have no more gumption than TO
fall In love with her He hadn't sand enough
10 go away, and he Just staid around and
made eyes at her, about the way the milk
man does, and finally he blew his brains out,
most likely right on her clean doorstep.
When they carried him past the window
where she was cutting bread she didn't faint,
or holler, or nothin', but went on cutting
more till she had enough for supper. That's
the kind Of Charlotte she was. ! don't
suppose you could have hired her TO have q
milkman around signing signs big enough TO
blow open the front door"
~ hear Mrs. Cole, Master Johnny, and
your kindling-wood Is not in yet" Char
lotte's warning was scarcely out OF her
mouth before the sound OF the Ratchet was
heard from without and Mrs. Cole No.
sailed into the kitchen.
She had been Mrs. Cole No. 9 for several
years. A snowy, dashing widow, her dol
lars more than counterbalanced the incum-
brance of her daughter Juliet In the admir-
ing eyes of Mr. Cole.
Charlotte, mindful Of her promise, con-
tinued to make sceptre Of the rolling pin,
though the new regime was distasteful to
her. As for Mrs. Cole she knew the value
Of the trusty, faithful creature, and II her
iron hand made itself felt all through the
household, below stairs 1t was usually glow
cd.
81 declare, Kitty, you are the most provok-
ing girl! Did you not hear Juliet say we
we're going out at 8? She has been waiting
ITO be Continued.l
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-08

apoplexy following the sudden cerebral
congestion which is caused both by the
suffocation and by the pressure of the
rope upon the great veins of the neck"
1t is fairly settled that sensation, re-
Election. and mental horror accompany
the physical contortions of those per
ishing by strangulation. Examples are
frequent of those who commit suicide
by hanging attempting to regain their
footing, finding the tOrtures of strangu-
latiOn greater than they had conceived.
1t is reported of woman executed in
1860 that the rope slipped her cap par
TALLY from her face, and, while hanging
at the halter's end, by mighty effort
she put up one of her hands sufficiently
to draw it down again over her distorted
features, thus" says the inductive re-
porter, in death asserting the native
modesty of woman"
A criminal who was hanged, but re-
suscitated by the application of electri-
city and skill of a surgeon, upon his re.
cOvery has left this account of his ex-
perience:
The final prayer was said, the usual
thanks rendered and greeting given the
cord was adjusted on my neck. | was
placed upon the trap. looked for the
last time upon familiar objects. The
cap was adjusted over my face. l felt
an increased heat around my heart, a
fullness of the throat, a slight weakness
of the muscles of my limbs, then an in
voluntary shrinking of the nerves, and
catching of the breath as | felt myself
falling; then fierce, fiery pain shot
through my whole frame, my head
seemed bursting. and my consciousness
was gone.
There were two notable executions of
spies during our war for independence,
Nathan Hale and John Andre. The mo-
tives of the two spies and their personal
history and the history of their times are
too well known to be detailed here, but
the manner of their executions will not
be out of place in this article, and will
serve to throw light upon the manner of
inficting the death punishment some
thing over century ago in this coun-
try.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-08

day has been selected for the execution of
criminals. 1t was not SO formerly. other
days being frequently nlmed. and even
now judges depart from this usage.
There is, perhap', no reason for the
growth of this custom other than the
maleiicent character of Friday, which
has stamped il rs an uulucky or AN evil
day. Even in these later days. when so
many supcrstitions have passed away,
there are yet many who believe the old
rhyme,
Fridays moon,
Come when II will, comes too soon.
San Francisco Examiner.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-08

on a large movable scaifold, called the
New Drop. which is kept in the prison
yard for this occasion. The malefactors
stand upon { Use floor, and when their
devotions are iinishe !, on a signal being
given the floor suddenly drops. leaving
the unhappy victim suspended in the
air."
The first private execution in England
was carried into effect at London, with
in the walls OF Newgate, Sept. 8, 1868.
Alexander Mckay was hanged for the
murder of Mrs. Grossmith. The London
Times said, commenting on the aspect Of
Newgate, as contrasted with what it
used to be when executions were public:
Death by hanging now means a silent,
terrible execution"
The theory of hanging" remarked
well-known physician to whom the re-
porter applied for information, lis that
the neck of the culprit should be broken.
If this Is done successfully the second
cervical vertebra is dislocated, its OdOn-
told process rupturing the transverse
ligament of the atlas, the first bone of
the neck, which sustains the globe of
the head, and COMPRISING the spinal
cord against the posterior arch of the
vertebre. The cord is here just expand
ing into the medulls oblongata, wherein
Is situated the ganglion that presides
over respiration. Its compression stops
respiration at once by stopping all de-
sire for it, and death in such case
would be immediate and probably pain
less
But" interjected the reporter, docs
death frequently take place from sufro-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-08

Nathan Hale. the young American
martyr, patriot and hero. was executed
in the vicinity of (present East Broad
way and Market street, New York City,
Sept. %, 1776. The gallows was the
limb of an apple tree in Col. Rutgers
orchard. A ladder was placed against
the limb, and Hale assembled it a few
feet The only words addressed by him
to the sympathetic spectators were: Il
only regret that have but one life to
lose for my country The Provost
Marshal gave the command, Swing the
rebel off. the ladder was turned, and
Nathan Hale was no more. 81.
Benson J. LOSING, in his recent work,
'"The Two Spies" thus describes the ex-
ecution of John Andre:
At noon, the second day of October,
1880, Mai. Andre was executed upon an
eminence near Tappuam Village, in the
presence of a vast concourse of people.
He was dressed in full military costume
and white top boots. He was taken to
the gallOws-a cross-piece between two
moderate-siZed trees-by procession of
nearly all the field officers, except Wash
ington and his staff, who remained at
headquarters. Gen. Greene led the
CdNalCdue, WHICH pdSSeu between TWO
files of soldiers, extending from the pris-
on up to the fatal spot. The prisoners
step was firm, and he did not falter until
he saw the gallows and he knew he was
to be hanged as felon and not shot as
a soldier. His hesitation was only for a
moment.
A baggage-wagon, bearing a plain,
white coffin, had been driven under the
gallows. A grave had been dug near by.
Into the wagon the prisoner stepped,
and, taking the rope from the hangman,
adjusted it to his neck and tied a white
handkerchief over his eyes. = =
The wagon was driven swiftly from I'm
der him. and in a few minutes he ceased
to exist.
There seems to be no reason why Fri
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-08
A Substitute for "A Closet.

In bedroom which has no closet, a
serviceablc substitute for one can easily
and cheaply be made Our illustration
shows such an one, fitted up by the
writer. 1t extends across one end OF the
room. We had two boards one foot
wide, sawed of in seven feet lengths. A
foot from the upper end Of each length
we had cleats nailed across. These
boards were then placed against the side
walls. at the end of the room. A board
was cut exactly as long as the room was
wide. and this was placed on the top of
the upright boards. Another piece was
cut. as long as the top board, less the
thickness of the two upright pieces.
This fitted in between the uprights, and
rested on the cleats. and, fitting snugly,
it keeps the end pieces pressed against
the wall; therefore no nails or screws are
needed to hold the arrangement in place.
We have, by this plan, a shelf at the top
on which to keep boxes and articles
which cannot be hung up. Into the bot
tom of this shelf we screwed hooks on
which garments are hung In this way
we avoided damaging the walls by driy-
ing in nails or putting on hooks. Then
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-08

we made curtain which we tackled to
the front of the top board, weighted the
bottom of it, so that it hangs in its prop
er place always, and is not blowing
about to admit dust. The curtain might
be hung on pole, but We preferred to
fasten it with tacks, because this plan of
arranging it made everything snug and
dust-tight. 1t should be full enough to
hang gracefully, and if the women of
the family have "knack" that way,
they can make it quite as ornamental as
anything else the room will be likely to
contain.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-08

Earl Ferrers, May 5, 1860. After his
arms were secured by black sash and
common halter passed round his neck,
he then mounted part of the scaffold
eighteen inches above the rest, and the
signal being given by the sheriff, that
part of the floor sank under him to a
level with the rest, and he remained sus-
pended in the air"
The scaffold used at the prison of
Newgate has obtained wide celebrity
from its early perfection and the number
who met their doom upon it. 1t is de-
scribed in the preface to that rare and
marvellous compilation, The Newgate
Calendar" as follows: Condemned
felons are executed in front of the prison
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-08
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-08

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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-17
How to Grow the Best Beef.

Farmers in general hardly realize
the extent to which their future sue
cess with cattle depends upon grading
up to high point. refer now to
feeding cattle, that is, such as are bred
mainly for meat production. Stock
growing and general farming are by
many said not to be rs remuneratve us
formerly. Over production is said TO
be the cause of this. If this applied to
cattle, it is certainly not to the higher
grades, but TO the lower, for, no matter
how hard the times, or how depressed
the industries in general are, the high
er classes of steers always sell quickly
at good figures. Since the discovery
for it should take rank as one of the
discoveries of the age-that it is more
profitable to feed cattle for meat pro-
duc.ion from early caihood up to the
period when they rate rs long year
lings, or at most as 2-ycar-olds or 4
little past, it is indispensable that high
grading up be practiced, as we can not
have marketable steers at the age
named unless they are bred from
thoroughbred, or ut least high grade
stock.
The notion entertained by many that
young beef Chat is, Of the age named)
is to such degree immature-called,
derisively, "baby beef''-as to be innu-
tritious, is very palpable error. After
the calf ceases TO suckle its dam, depend
ing thereafter upon food L. that given
TO grown-up cattle, the meat ceases to
be veal, and, in every sense of the word,
as nutritious from long yearling as
from a four-year-old. 1t contains that
same fibrne and the meat juices are
the same, though, of course, the fiber is
more tender than that of the OK, with
out being less nutritious. In fact, it is
II question not yet settled at just what
age meat of any kind begins to lose
ground, in point of nutritiousness, by
reason of having too much age, becom-
ing, as it is quite liable to, too hara in
its fiber to be easily acted upon by tho
human stomach. RuraL New Yorker.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-17
Glover Aftermath.

When the clover crop has been cut
for hay, one is sometimes at loss how
to manage the aftermath, in the best
manner. There are several ways of
utilizing it. One is to pasture it and
leave the sod for blowing under next
spring for corn or potatoes. II this is
done II is we'll to make some provision
for top-dress'ng the field early in the
fall for the purpose Of enriching the
soil and fastening the growth Of clover
in the spring. A good stand Of luxur-
liant clover, a foot high. turned under.
is eqnal to forty loads Of manure for
the next crop. and this is well worth
sc.u.r.. AEs..er 80 Z g lsa.s lie
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-17
Care of an Apple Orchard.

The lack of manure and cultivation,
and general lack of proper care for
orchards are the causes, in a great
part, OF their sterility. Neglected or
chards produce small quantities Of
small. poorly-flavored and poorly
ripened fruit The orchard should be
supplied with all the manure the trees
can appropriate, and the trees will
then be vigorous and will show it by a
good growth of wood and handsome
fruit. When the trees do not make a
free growth of wood it is certain that
they are in i'll condition and need the
assistance of fertilizers and cultiva-
tion-probably, also. judicious pruning,
cleaning the bark. and the destruction
of worms and insects:- Vick's Maga-
zine.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-17
JESSIE FREMONT.
Tribute TO n Famous Woman by
Her Husband.

Jessie was the second daughter. l
went with the eldest of the sisters to
school concert in Georgetown, where l
saw her She was then just in the
bloom of her girlish beauty, and per-
feet health eilervesced in bright talk
which the pleasure of seeing her sister
lrcw out. Naturally i was attracted.
She made the effect that rose of rare
coor or beautiful picture would havo
lone.
Her beauty had come far enough
down from English ancestry TO be now
in her that American kind which is
made up largely of mind expressed in
the face, but it still showed its Saxon
decent.
Her qualities were all womanly, and
education had curiously preserved the
down of modesty which was innate.
There had been no experience of life
to brush away the bloom. She had
inherited from her father his grasp of
mind, comprehending with tenacious
memory, but with quickness of per-
cephon and instant realization of sub
iects and scenes in their completed OK
tent, which did not belong to his; and
with these warm sympathies a gener-
Gus pity for human suffering and
tenderness and sensibllty that made
the feeling take the place of mind; so
compelled was every impulse to pass
through these before it could reach
the surface to find expression.
There was rare union of intell-
gence to feel the injury OF events and
submission to them with silence and
discretion, and withal sweet and
happy and forbearing temper, which
has remained proof against the wear
ing of time. lnsensibly and imper-
ceptibly in these frequent meetings
there came a glow into my heart
which changed the current and color
of daily life, and gave beauty to COM
mon things. General Fremonrs
Memoirs.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-17
A Meteoric Discovery.

When n mans system is soaked full
of science he isn't fit for much of any
thing else. If his taste runs to bug
ology he will neglect his family to as
sociatc with long legged grasshoppers,
and squander valuable time cultivating
the acquaintance of worms whose early
education has been neglected. If he
likes geology he will pass his life in a
vain endeavor to find to what n rock
belongs that was petrlied last year.
don't know how | came to be n scen-
fist, but some of my friends, for whose
intelligence l have the highest respect,
say it is because haven't any better
sense. BE that as it may | have fallen
into the habit of watching the stars. II
is not a very bad habit, and if not in
dulged in to an excess, is not likely to
hurt me- have known men to keep
out of Jail by watching the stars--on
pol icemen's coats.
While the renounced astronomer,
Bill Nye, has been actively engaged in
the comet business | have turned my
attention to meteors and falling stars
when ! FIRST made the acquaintance OF
the coy and uncertain roller skates.
Since then / have made them a study,
and have spent as much as several
nights scanning the starry heavens,
which is left out doors every night for
that purposes.
A meteor is an unknown substance
which flies through space, like an over
grown lightning bug, and resembles a
blazing star that has concluded to try a
change of climate. l have watched
these things with great interest, and
hoped for the day to come when !
could lay my hand on meteor of my
own, and pat il on the back. l have
longed 10 have a meteor that would
come up and eat out of my hand, and
frolic around me all day long.
Last night just as l was about to re-
tire, looked out at the starry heavens
TO see If somebody's meteor hadn't
broken its halter and made its escape
by the light of the moon. What was
my surprise and JOY to see luminous
object rise above the eastern horizon
and come almost directly toward me
with terrible swiftness. 1t was a mag
nificent specimen. and so near the
earth's surface that 1 knew it must
soon fall Here was my opportunity
to study the habits and pcculiarities Of
the frisky meteor.
1tstruck the ground within fifty yards
of where l stood. and forgetting my
light and airy costume made wild
rush for the coveted prize. When |
reached the spot | could find nothing
but the battered remains of a lantern.
and then l remembered that Smith.
neighboring farmer. always fed his
mules after dark.-A r. White, 90
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